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- Birth Certificate: 1892, 410/00 0182 Page 61 Oakfield Beath, Fife, Scotland (ScotlandsPeople)
William Ralph Boyd Wilkie
date: 09 June 1892, 5 h 30 m PM
Place: Oakfield, Beath
Male
Parents: David Wilkie, Coal Miner & Elizabeth Wilkie MS Boyd
Married 1885 November 20th Dunfermline
Informant: David Wilkie, Father
Registered: June 24, 1892 at Cowdenbeath, Geo Ferris Registrar
Birth Date: 01 June 1892 - military file Canada, Soldiers of WWI, 1914-1918 - Archives Canada
Sources: a) Family files b) 1911 Cdn Census - Cumberland, Nova Scotia - age 18 c) Canada, Soldiers of WWI, 1914-1918 - Archives Canada - Record Group 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4930-35 d) Attestation Papers, Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force
1901 Scotland Census
Parish of Dalziel, ED:15, Pg 46, Line 18, Roll CSSCT1901_260, Year 1901
James McDonald - Age 47
Mary McDonald - Age 52
Thomas McDonald - Age 10
John Colder - Age 17
George Colder - Age 15
James Wilkie - Age 14
Charles Wilkie - Age 12
Ralph Wilkie - Age 8
Sometime between 1903 & 1904 - James, Charles & Ralph Wilkie immigrated to Springhill Nova Scotia Canada with Aunt Mary (Boyd) McDonald and cousins Thomas McDonald & George Colder * (Calder)
I have not found the Passenger list, naming Ralph or Wm Ralph Wilkie arriving in Canada in 1904 but a Ralph is recorded on the 1911 Cdn census, stating immigration year 1902. Seems unusual if 2 brothers were with their Aunt & Uncle, James & Mary McDonald, that they would leave one brother in Scotland
Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 (ancestry.ca) Library & Archives Canada, RG76-C,
Wm Wilkie, Age 22, est birth 1890, Date of Arrival - 18 April 1912
Vessel: Parisian
Port of Arrival: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland
Roll: T-4743
1911 Census of Canada, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Page 10, Family # 101; RG31-C-1 Library Archives of Canada, Lines 11-14
Name: Ralph Wilkie, Male, Single, Age 18, Birth Date June 1892, Birthplace Scotland, Relation - Nephew, Immigration Year 1902, Tribal Scotch, District Cumberland - 42, Sub District 34 Province Nova Scotia, Address Morris Street
Ralph is residing with James D. McDonald, age 50, coalminer & Mary McDonald and John Miller
Charles (Brother) is in next Family # on line 18
James D. McDonald, Ralph Wilkie & Charles Wilkie, altho occupation coalminers, were on strike at this time; this event is well documented in Nova Scotia, Miners historical events etc. The American Association of Miners or Union at the time, were paying the strikers some wages during this conflict, but eventually the Union had leadership woes and the Mine was overtaken by another company with different management styles, thus the conflict ended.
1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan & Alberta
Name: Ralph Wilky* (spelling as was)
Male
Married
Age 24, Est Birth year 1892
Birthplace Scotland
year of Immigration: 1912
Home in 1916: 03K, Regina, Saskatchewan - 1433 Grace St.
Racial Origin: Scotch
Enumerated with Ralph was his Wife - Annie Wilky, Age 27 yrs, Religion Roman Catholic, Immigrated 1912
So perhaps Ralph did arrive in Canada 1902, retd to Scotland, married Annie Cahill, returning in 1912 - altho not tog as noted on Passenger List aboard vessel Parisian
Canadian Passenger Lists - 1865-1935 (ancestry.com) Library & Archives Canada
Name: Pte Wm Ralph Wilkie (Part of Expeditionary Forces)
Date of Arrival: 20 June 1919
Vessel: Monteagle
Port of Arrival: Vancouver, British Columbia
Port of Departure: Vladivostok, Russia
Roll: T-14867
Attestation Paper No 2772600, Royal North West Mounted Police - Siberian Cavalry C.E.F. 1918
Name: Wilkie, William Ralph
Address: 2426 Argyle St. Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Birthplace: Kelty, Fifeshire, Scotland
Next of Kin: Wife - Annie Cahill Wilkie of 2426 Argyle St. Regina, Saskatchewan
Date of Birth: 01 June 1892** (note descrepancy as Birth reg. from Scotland states 09 Jun 1892)
Trade: Miner
Married: Yes
Previous Military Force: 22 months, R.N.W.M.Police
Apparent Age: 26 years, 20 months
Height: 5 ft 8 in
Complexion: Fair
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Fair
Religion: Presbyterian
1921 Cdn Census, Regina, SubDistrict 24; RG 31, Folder # 159, Pg 25; Lines 34-37
House #278, Household #284, Address 2426 Argyle Street
Wilkie, William Ralph, Renting, Wood House with 5 rooms, Head, Male, married, Age 29 yrs, Birthplace Scotland, Parents birthplace Scotland, Immigrated 1915, Presbyterian, Occupation Mail Carrier, Income 1150
Wilkie, Annie, Wife, Female, Married, Age 32, Birthplace Scotland, Parents Scotland, Religion R.C., Immigration 1915
Wilkie, William Ralph, Male, Single, Son, Age 40**, Birthplace Saskatchewan (this age is definitely wrong - - perhaps 14??)
Wilkie, Lorna Mary Boyd, Female, Single, Dauighter, Age 10, Birthplace Saskatchewan
British Columbia Death Index: 1872-1979
Name: William Ralph Wilkie
Age: 77 yrs
Death Date: 08 Jan 1968
Place of Death: Victoria
Registration #: 1968-09-001161
bca#: B13287
gsu#: 2033931
Alias Names - Wilkie, William Ralph or Wilkie, Ralph
Married: Annie Gardner Cahill - birth 1890 Dundee, Angus, Scotland
There are many areas of information gaps - like the various dates for immigration, lack of records to confirm other information, how long did Ralph & Annie reside in Saskatchewan, was retirement what took them to British Columiba.
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My Scottish "Wilkie" Family
1892 - 1968 (75 years)